Fishing reel



- spacing Patented June 16,l 1925.

- "UNITED STAT-Es 1,542,403 PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE E. MILES, or TCREINGTON, CONNECTICUT.

4 :FISHING REEL.

Application led May 8,'192/4. Serial No. 711,806.

T0 all whom t may concern'.l

Be it knownthat I, GEORGE F.`MILEs, a

citizen Jof the United States, residing attogether with a free spool,and furthermore,f in which these different relative speeds orv freespool may be secu-red by'a simple manipulation of the crank and withoutremovin'g the hand therefrom. V

It is also an object of the invention to provide a reel which will bevery simple in construction, comprising a minimum numbery of parts, andso will be strong and durable and not easily gotten out of order.

AWith these and ,other objects in view, I have devised the constructionillustrated in the accompanying drawing forming a part of thisspecifioatlon, similar reference characters bemg employed throughout thevarious figures to indicate ments. In-this drawing: e

Fig. 1 is a longitudinal section through the reel complete, showing theelements in the ositions for a free running spool.

F1 2 is an end elevation lookingfrom the right. of Fig. 1 with the outerend plate removed.

Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the control spindle. Fig. 4 is an endelevation thereof looking from the right ofFig. 3.

Fig. 5 is a side elevation of one of the driving? wheels, and

ig. 6 is -a transverse section thereof.

The reel kcomprises a rotatable spindle 10 upon which is mounted thespool 11, this vspool being secured to the spindleso as to rotatetherewith. The operatlng mechanism is mounted in a frame com rising theend plates 12 and 13 tied toget erby suitable tie-rodsk 14, the member,13 beingv preferably provided with flanges 15 forming a housing' for thedrive mechanism-for the spool, and the open endv of this housing isclosed by a plate 16 secured thereto by any suitable means, such asscrews 17, threaded into posts 18, threaded at the opposite end to theplate 13. The spindle 10 carrycorresponding ele-` 'the gears 24 and 25.

` the projecting ends of this pin.

ing the spool 11 is mounted to rotate on suitable end bearings carriedby the `plates' 12'and 16. In order to give a free running spindle andto allow for adjustment to cornpensate for wear, the spindle is providedwith conical recesses in theends thereof in "which' are seated thehardened steel conical bearings 19. These bearings are parts of screws20 threaded in the plates 12 and 16 in which they are, therefore,adjustable.I In order to protect these screws and also to lock them inadjusted positions, caps 21 are provided jecting ends of the screws, andby clamping these caps against the ends of the bosses 22 they act aslock nuts t6 secure the pivot screwsin proper position. The spool 11includes the usual flanges or side plates 23 for guiding the line.

I have provided an improved operating and controlling means for thespool which will allow the operator to secure different relative speedsbetween the winding crank and the spool as well as a free running spoolas desired, and any one of these conditions may be secured by a simplemanipulation of the winding crank without removing the hand from thehandle. For this purpose, secured 'to the spindle 10 are a pair of gearsy24 and 25 of different sizes,

and oifset laterally from the spindle 10 but y substantially paralleltherewith is a crank shaft or spindle 26 mounted in suitable bearings inthe plates 13 and 16. Mounted loosely on the shaft or spindle 26 betweenthe plates 13 and 16 is a sleeve 27 provided with a central ange' 28,and mounted to rotate on this sleeve on the opposite sides of the flange28 are a air ofgears 29 and 30 meshing respective y with I preferablymake the ratio of the gears 29 and 24, 1 to 1, and of the gears 30 to25, 3 to 1, though of course, .other ratios may be employed iffoundpractical or desirable. Carrled by the arranged shaft or spindle 26is a` transverse pin 31' projecting at its opposite ends from thelongitudinal slots 32 in the sleeve 27,

flange 28 being provided with notches 33 in alignment with the slots forpassage of -The gears which are threaded onto the pro- 29 and 30 areprovided in the sldes thereof next to the flange 28 with notches orrecesses' 34 and 34 res ectively, any desired number being emp oyed, butI prefer four in" each gear set at about ninety degrees apart as thisnumber has been found sufficient lfor reliable operation. Carried by'the flange 28 is a spring 35. Secured to this flange by any suitablemeans, such as screws 36, and carried by the free end'of this spring isa pin 37 slidable in a `radial opening in the flange with its free endadapted to project into notches 38 in the shaft or spindle 26, therebeing one of these notches corresponding to each position of thespindle. The spindle 26 is operated by the usual winding crank 39secured to the projecting end thereof which crank has the usual handle,not shown. I

The operation is as follows:

`When the elements are in the positions shown inFig. 1 the spool is freeas the pin 31 is in alignment with the notches 33 in the fiange'28. Thegears 29 and 30, are therefore, free to vrotate and the spool may runfree.A If the angler catches a large fish, by pushing inwardly on thewinding crank the pin'31 is moved into a pair of the notches 34 in thegear 29 so that this vgear is now locked to the spindle 26 and theanglervis on equal terms with the fish. If on the other hand, he wishesto reel in the line rapidly, by pulling outwardly on the crank handle,pin 31 is moved into alignmentwith a pair of the notches 34 in the gear30 so that the spindle 26 is now locked to gear 30 and the spool willrotate three revolutionsto one revolution of the crank. The shaft 26 isyieldingly held in any one of these three positions by engagement of thefree end of the yieldingly mounted pin 37 in any one of the notches 38.The advantages of this construction are a plurality of relativefspeedsof the spool with respect to the winding crank and also a free spool,and any one of these conditions may be secured without removing the handfrom the crank handle by merely pushing it in or moving it outwardly. v

On the opposite end of the spindle 10 is a disc 40 having notches in itsperiphery for coaction with the usual click 41 adjustably mounted in theplate 12. This click may be moved to and from engagement of the disc bya thumb piece 42. A suitable bra-ke or drag is also provided. In thepresent-instance it comprises a fork 43 provided with. fingers 44adapted to engage opposite sides of the disc. The connection of thefingers to this support is shown thin at 45 to form a spring mountingfor. these fingers, and they are moved to .and from` engagement with thedisc by a suitable thumb piece 46. As the fingers 44 press equally onopposite sides of the disc when engaging it there is no end thrust onthe spindle 10,v the lateral pressurebeng the same in both directions.

Having thus set' forth the nature of my invention, what I claim is: 1.In a fishing reel, a rotatable spindle, a spool secured thereto, aplurality of gears secured to said spindle, a second spindle offsetlaterally from the first spindle and slidable longitudinally of itsaxis, a crank for operating said second spindle, a sleeve embracing thesecond spindle provided with a longitudinal slot and a central iangchaving a notch in alignment with said slot, means for holding saidsleeve against sliding movement, a pair of 'gears mounted to rotate onsaid sleeve on opposite sides of said flange and meshing with the firstmentioned gears, said gears being provided with lrecesses, a pin carriedby the Second spindle projecting through said slot and adapted to bemoved by sliding movement of the spindle into the notches in the flangeor gears, and means for yieldingly holding the spindle .in differentpositions. c.

2. In a fishing reel, a rotatable spindle, a spool secured thereto, aplurality of gears secured to said spindle, a second spindle offsetlaterally from the first spindle and slidable longitudinally of itsaxis, a crank for operating said second spindle, a sleeve embracing thesecond spindle provided with a longitudinal' slot and a central flangehaving a notch in alignment with said slot, means foriholding saidsleeve against sliding movement, a pair of gears mounted to rotate onsalid sleeve on opposite sides of' said flange and meshing with thefirst mentioned gears, said gears being provided with recesses, and apin carried by the second spindle projecting through said slot andadapted to be moved by sliding movement of the spindle into the notchesin the flange or gears.

3. In a fishing reel, a rotatable spindle, a spool secured thereto, apair of gears of different diameters secured to said spindle, a secondspindle offset laterally from the first spindle and slidablelongitudinally of its axis, a crank for operati said second spindle, asleeve on the secon spindle having a longitudinal slot therein,'a pairof gears of different diameters mounted to rotate on the sleeve andmeshing with the first mentioned gears, means on the sleeve to maintainthe second pair of gears separated, means to hold the sleeve against,sliding movement, driving means carried by the second spindleprojecting' through said slot, the gears on the sleeve being providedwith means to coact with said driving means to operate the gears, andmeans to yieldingly hold the driving means in' engagement with eithergear or in the space between the gears. -In testimony whereof I aiiix mysigna-- ture.

GEORGE Ff MILES.

